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Prompt: Blog Post 2

A.I. or Artificial Intelligence has been something that has been a consistent argument and fear throughout a variety of careers and occupations undoubtably. Worries about this new tool and intelligence that can essentially imitate work people are doing now significantly faster and cheaper, continue to grow as new advancements in the technology are unraveled. In the article “The Future of Writing is A Lot Like Hip Hop” Stephen Marche covers a variety of ideas and perspectives regarding A.I and its implications in the writing process, highlighting beliefs that Artificial Intelligence is going to strip away the creativity and “originality” out of literature and the process of creating it. He counters this ideology later in the text by stating that “creative A.I. is going to change everything. It’s also going to change nothing”. Initially this statement clearly contradicts itself by claiming that its going to do one thing then directly going against that saying its not. After rereading that claim a few times and continuing to progress throughout the entirety of the article, you can start to kind of see what he means by that. I think what I sort of picked up from it was that this new tool is going to open up a whole new world of writing and everything regarding anything creative, but at the same time it doesn’t take away or change any of the work that is already being produced or done. A.I can only go so far in its writing abilities which is demonstrated by when he is trying to have it create literary work of specific writers. The A.I and himself struggle with creating this perhaps because of the lack of understanding and instruction he is putting into the A.I, or simply because the feelings and connection that these writers have can’t be imitated by Artificial Intelligence. Personally, I think its a combination of both the lack of guidance he gives and the inability for something that doesn’t feel and “live” to be able to recreate work of someone who does. A.I. is a powerful tool that if used properly can create a whole new world of work and ideas, but at the same time doesn’t change any of the work that is already being done and will be done. So in that case A.I. seriously will change everything but simultaneously change nothing.